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it changed her in the perspective at how she looked at life.

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It changed the way she looked at life

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Da yi ma changed the writer's perspective on life. You don't have to rush anything, instead just live in the moment and take a second to appreciate the moment you're living in. Happiness does not only come from success, there are so many other things that life can offer. "Some chased success so vigorously that they neglected to appreciate the moment. I soon realized that achievement only led to short-lived happiness."

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Da yi ma changed the author by showing her how she deserved happiness. Da yi ma showed her this by showing her how even she was happy while she had MS. A segment from the passage that supports this is "Following my aunt's legacy I've learned to cultivate my appreciation for the present." showing how her aunt changed her.

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Da yi ma changed her because she made her view happieness, and life in general, from a different perspective. "I know consider 'prursuit of happieness' a misnomer. Instead, 'cultivating happieness' is my choice phrase. Following my aunts legacy, I've learned to cultivate my appreciation of the present."

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She made the writer realize that you don't need material possessions to be happy. As long as you can appreciate the moment you can find more happiness than you could with any material thing. She says "Following my aunt's legacy I've learned to cultivate my appreciation for the present."

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Da yi ma changed the writer, because she realized that you don't need items to live a happy life

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Da yi ma changed the writers perspective on life. Instead of working for a gold star the writer now works for happiness. Instead of pursuing happiness she makes it everyday.  "Instead, "cultivating happiness" is my choice phrase. Following my aunt's legacy, I've learned to cultivate my appreciation of the present..."

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The Aunt changed the writer way of happiness and she encouraged her to go on the pursuit of happiness. " I now consider pursuit of happiness a misnomer." A way of life.

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Da yi ma changed the writer by teaching her that happiness does not come from success or materialistic things, it comes from life itself. She says ¨Today though, I continue striving toward my goals, my love for life itself - not solely the fruits of labor - gives me true happiness.¨

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it changed her in a positive way after her death"with da yi ma's spirit in my heart i'm optimistic about my future; no fall will ever crush my dreams"

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Da yi ma changed the writer by teacher her that you could still be happy even with MS. and that her love for life  gave her true happiness. "My love for life itself-not solely the fruits of labor-gives me true happiness"

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The aunt changed the writer by making her find happiness or joy in the smallest things. She writes "the pursit of happiness from a different perspective". Her aunt was able to find joy in the smallest of things and thats something she wanted to continue to do what her aunt did.

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Da Yi Ma changed the writer because she showed her determination of achieving happiness. " My definition of happiness revolved around receiving stickers on my homework and falling asleep to the sound of rain in my parents' SUV."

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Da yi ma changed the author because she showed that you can be happy no matter what. Her aunt had a horrible disease and was still happy. She wasn't surrounded by all of the nicest things and she didn't have an easy life but she was still able to live her life with happiness. The author learned that it was her choice to be happiness and her happiness came from within not what was around her.

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Da yi ma changed the author by showing her the importance of being happy and how happiness can come from anything. "her unusually steadyfast of love inspired me to view "the perut of happiness" from a different perspective."

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Di yi ma taught the author that happiness can come from different things than material or achievement. You can do things for yourself to keep yourself happy. ¨I now consider ¨pursuit of happiness¨ as misnomer. Instead ¨cultivating happiness¨ in my choice phrase¨

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Da yi ma made her realized that you don't need to have things to be happy, and happiness can come from achievements in life instead of a personal object.

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The girl's Da yi ma helped change the author by giving her a reason to be always be happy. The rhetorical question of "How could anyone with MS be happy?" would help shape the author's view that even though her Da yi ma was not physically fit she would find happiness from simplicity as seen by her red eared slider turtle.